"When we were little, my sibling and I were never allowed to tell anyone our names unless our parents approved or answered the phone/front door first. We later learned that it was because our grandfather was a kidnapper and a hit man, and they didn't know if he was trying to find us..."
"Thankfully, he died about 20 years ago."
No, DNA isn't identical, similar yeah..
what Sinah said..
biologically, the same, emotionally, not so much
The houses were close together, and she tossed a burning dishrag from her kitchen window onto the neighbor's roof. It smouldered, sparked a flame, and that was that.
She never told them what happened. Continued to live next to them for decades. Even saw them in church.
Dirty family secret. I didn't learn about it until 20 years after the fact.
Lake Gage in northeast Indiana.